Wildwater Racing

Congratulations to all who competed at the Fairthorne Manor races, a great variety of craft and ages were present. Sue Templeton has put together a race report of the event.

Unfortunately we have decided to cancel the Matlock race tomorrow. The river is dropping quickly but is still forecast to be at 2.8m at race time tomorrow this would put the get out step 1.3m under water! At this level getting out below the slalom course safely is very difficult. We hope to see you…
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Canoeing Results Archive website has been launched to collate older results of canoe competitions, if you have older results or yearbooks in the attic perhaps you would like to contribute to the website.

The latest version (v1.17) of the draft WWR Terms of Reference has been released for consultation. Apologies to the eager beavers who have already reviewed and commented on the previous document.

To all affiliated clubs with a registered interest in Wild Water Racing. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to the WWR Annual Consultative Meeting which will take place on Sunday 12th January 2020. All with an interest in Wild Water Racing are welcome to attend. Please see below for full details:…
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After some 20 years as Chairman of the British Canoeing Wild Water Racing Committee I’ve decided to step down so that I can focus on continue developing WWR  World-Wide as part of the ICF International Technical Committee. As a sport we’ve built on the very strong foundations I took over to achieve a level of…
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Please note the date and venue of the ACM will be published shortly along with the relevant papers, notices and calls for nominations. It is likely to be towards the end of December.

Unfortunately the first Matlock race in the series on October 12th is cancelled. The other races in the series are still running.

The World Sprint Championships at La Seu, Spain kick off today with the sprint team events. Live streaming of the event and the sister Canoe Slalom Worlds is available here.

The British Team is at La Seu, Spain for the World Sprint Championships which are being held alongside the World Slalom Championships. Training has begun on this tricky artificial course, updates are coming through via the Wildwater Racing Facebook page.

The basic details of the 2019/20 WWR calendar has been released. Full details for the events will follow shortly.

Sue Templeton has produced a review of the 2018/19 Southern series of races. Congratulations to all who took part in these events.

The results from the weekends races and National Championships are available in the results section, and the latest rankings have now been published. Congratulations to all who raced at the weekend.

Due to the high winds that are forecast for this weekend, the event at Manor Farm on 17th August has been cancelled. Apologies to all who wished to attend this event.

Message from the organiser Jamie Christie Unfortunately the Tryweryn Descent is Cancelled this weekend. Due to risk of flooding in the Dee valley they are having to try to hold water in the dam. We will reschedule for later in the year. Very sorry everyone, please spread the word.

We have added a section to honour our World Championship medalists. We have been successful in all classes of competition, and this roll of honour really shows how much we have achieved as a nation over the years. We are missing images for some of the paddlers, if you are able to provide photos that…
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The current season rankings are available in the downloads section – or you can find them here.

British Canoeing has launched a new artificial whitewater safety course. Aimed at supporters, parents and coaches who work primarily on artificial course environments. Image Credit: J Wallis

The profiles of the 2019 GB Team paddlers are now available on the WWR website. Any corrections or new images to be used can be sent to web@wildwater.org.uk

LIVE TV WWR SPRINT FRIDAY EVENING 12 JULY We have a Scottish ranking race that will show live on BBC Scotland’s new channel.Venue is the Pinkston White Water Centre in Glasgow. Exact details still being confirmed but there will also be some freestyle and polo. Great festival of canoe sport!

We have largely re-populated the website. The back filling of results will take a little more time to complete, but we have the main information back up and running. We would welcome your feedback on the website, what you would like to see, and if there is anything we have missed on the migration from…
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The sprint and classic results from the weekends selection races are now available.

Congratulations to Nottingham Kayak Club for winning the last Wavehopper Club Champs. Here we have the factory-fresh Wavehopper with many thanks to Wave Sport for sponsoring the event. Time to start practicing for the next Wavehopper Club Champs which will again be at the Nene this October. All welcome – Wavehoppers and any short Whitewater boats…
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